Between the 16th and 18th centuries, Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae), a mosquito native
to Africa, invaded the Americas, where it was successively responsible for the emergence of …

Summary Background Reinvasion by Aedes aegypti of cities in the Americas poses a threat
of urbanisation of yellow fever. After detection of yellow-fever infection in a resident of the …

Background Dengue has propagated widely through the Americas. Most countries have not
been able to maintain permanent larval mosquito control programs, and the long-term …

Differences in biological features of immature and adult Aedes aegypti, as well as variability
in vector competence, seem consistent with the existence of genetic variation among …

Dengue fever was first recognized in Bolivia in 1931. However, very limited information was
available to date regarding the genetic characterization and epidemiology of Bolivian …

Dengue (DEN) constitutes a major viral arthropod-borne human illness. South America was
last considered free of dengue two decades ago when a dramatic increase in the number of …

Abstract Dengue virus (DENV; Genus Flavivirus, Family Flaviviridae) has been circulating in
Brazil since at least the mid-1980s and continues to be responsible for sporadic cases of …

Background In the context of a rapid increase of dengue cases in the Americas, a monitoring
system based on systematic serological control (IgM) of patients consulting for suspected …

Yellow fever (YF) is a serious public health problem in Bolivia since at least the 19th century.
Surprisingly, very limited information has been made available to date regarding the genetic …

Se realizó un análisis retrospectivo de las fichas clínico epidemiológico y de los resultados
serológicos de los casos de dengue de la ciudad de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, durante el …